Being superficial

Since someone wrote about this, so should i. Okay, a lot of people also write about having sex in the car or the woods or the stairwell in their office building, i am not about to do that. I have a good imagination, but not that good. Anyway, back to the point about being superficial. Its an accusation that has been hurled my way since like the beginning of time, the dawn of the ages, when policemen still wear shorts; lately i have also directed this comment at a couple of my friends, one who took to writing it in his blog.

Anyway, if the definition of being superficial is having preferences for pretty girls, then yes, without the shadow of a doubt i am superficial. I mean i do prefer Cecilia Cheung over Joey Yung, Angelina Jolie over Helena Bonham Carter (in Planet of the Apes) and so on. On the streets, my eyes to gravitate to chiobu-s automatically (unless at the point in time i am already with one), i do prefer watching movies or drama serials with certain actresses who aren't likely to win an Academy Award or a Golden Horse any time soon in them. Yes, i will freely admit that such individuals would capture my attention.

Whether it will hold its a different issue altogether. Have you ever met a girl who is like the sort that will make your knees weak, cause you to speak softly etc etc until you go out with her like twice and realize you completely run out of things to say to you. And all she has to say is like "that's nice" or "oh, that's so bad" or "you are so mean, hee hee". Suddenly she doesn't seem so attractive any more does she? Or the other extreme, same kind of drop dead good looks and she is like punk sore at the whole world. Curses like a sailor after half a barrel of beer. Launches into a tirade against the whole world including her ****** of a boss, ******* of a ex-boyfriend, ********* nagging machine of a mother etc etc. Attractive, personally i beg to differ. Or imagine if dragon lady looks like Michelle Reis (which incidentally she doesn't, Michelle Reis does not have a flat nose), would you be attracted to her?

Yet on the flipside, there are girls who at first sight has a face that is best described as 'forgettable', like you seen her a million times on the streets before but you can't be sure cause you never took a second look before. Then by some chance occurence, you are thrust into a situation where you have plenty of opportunities to interact with her. And increasingly the forgettable face develops an unforgettable personality and the forgettable face forms a deeper impression in you. Each time you talk, the conversation is more deeply etched into you than the cursory nonsense you exchange with that Rene Liu lookalike or whoever.

Yet at the end of the day, will i be genuinely attracted to a 200 pound gorrilla if she has a heart like mother teresa and florence nightingale and a personality as interesting and magnetic as xxx? I hope the day will never come when i am forced to make that choice.

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